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Concluded that fermentation is the result of living things.
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Determined that fermentation is caused by yeast
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Fermented soybean curd to treat skin infections and started using fermented tea to treat variety of illnesses.
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Used fermentation to make bread rise and produce alcoholic beverages.
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Received Nobel prize for showing that enzymes in yeast cells cause fermentation
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Won Nobel prize for determining exactly how enzymes cause fermentation.
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Technology developed to use fermentation to produce antiboitics.